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Plants move in two types of ways: tropic movements and nastic movements. Tropic movements are directional and in response to stimuli, such as phototropism (light), geotropism (gravity), chemotropism (chemicals), hydrotropism (water), and thigmotropism (touch). Nastic movements are non-directional responses to stimuli, like photonasty (opening and closing flowers in response to light) and seismonasty (rapid movement from touch). Plants lack muscles and nerves but can move certain parts through growth respons
- Author
- Abduttaiyeb Sutterwala
- Language
- EN